As we approach the Halloween season, we'll take a look at some of the songs that have added that spooky feeling which many secretly crave. Michael Jackson's "Thriller," from the album of the same name was released since 1982, yes it may seem as if this song's entry into the airways was only a few years ago. Yet, it remains the most popular for Halloween. Ironically, "Thriller" in all it's demonic aura, shows a man wanting to rescue his lover by promising her more thrill than see has seen on the screen.
This song has touched almost every country on the planet. I applaud the skilful lyrical composition by Rod Temperton, the haunting ghostly voice of Vincent Price, and of course Michael Jackson inimitable portrayal in song and video. The producers of this video should also be complimented for nothing but a classical piece. The choreography is absolutely stunning.
Thriller
It's close to midnight and something evil's lurkin' in the dark
Under the moonlight, you see a sight that almost stops your heart
You try to scream but terror takes the sound before you make it
You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes
You're paralyzed
"Cause this is thriller, thriller night and no one's gonna save you
From the beast about to strike
You know it's thriller, thriller night
You're fighting for your life inside a killer, thriller tonight
Yeah
Ooh
You hear the door slam and realize there's nowhere left to run
You feel a cold hand and wonder if you'll ever see the sun
You close your eyes and wonder if is just imagination (girl)
But all the while you hear a creature creepin' up behind
You're out of time
'Cause this is thriller, thriller night
There ain't no second chance against the thing with forty eyes, girl
Thriller, (ooh) thriller night
You're fighting for your life inside a killer thriller tonight
Night creatures call and the dead start to walk in their masquerade
There's no escaping the jaws of the alien this time
They're wide open
This is the end of your life, ooh
They're out to get you there's demons closing in on every side (Ooh)
They will possess you unless you change that number on your dial
Now is the time for you and I to cuddle close together, yeah
All through the night I'll save you from the terror of the screen
I'll make you see
That this is thriller, thriller night
'Cause I can thrill you more than any ghoul would ever dare try
Thriller, ooh thriller night
So let me hold you tight and share a killer, thriller, chiller (Ow)
Vincent Price and Michael Jackson
(I'm gonna thrill you tonight)
Darkness falls across the land
The midnight hour is close at hand
Creatures crawl in search blood
To terrorize y'alls neighborhood
(I'm gonna thrill you tonight)
And whosoever shall be found
Without the soul of getting down
Must stand and face the hounds of hell
And rot inside a corpse's shell
(I'm gonna thrill you tonight)
Thriller ooh, darling, oh baby
I'm gonna thrill you tonight(Thriller)
Ooh babe, thriller night
I'm gonna thrill you tonight(Thriller)
Oh darling, Oh babe
Thriller night babe(Thriller night babe)
Ooh
The foulest stench is in the air
The funk of forty thousand years
(Thriller night, thriller)
And grisly ghouls from every tomb
Are closing in to seal your doom
And though you fight to stay alive
Your body starts to shiver
(I'm gonna thrill you tonight)
For no mere mortal can resist
The evil of the thriller
Writer: Rod Temperton
©Epic Records 1982
This song has touched almost every country on the planet. I applaud the skilful lyrical composition by Rod Temperton, the haunting ghostly voice of Vincent Price, and of course Michael Jackson inimitable portrayal in song and video. The producers of this video should also be complimented for nothing but a classical piece. The choreography is absolutely stunning.
Thriller
It's close to midnight and something evil's lurkin' in the dark
Under the moonlight, you see a sight that almost stops your heart
You try to scream but terror takes the sound before you make it
You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes
You're paralyzed
"Cause this is thriller, thriller night and no one's gonna save you
From the beast about to strike
You know it's thriller, thriller night
You're fighting for your life inside a killer, thriller tonight
Yeah
Ooh
You hear the door slam and realize there's nowhere left to run
You feel a cold hand and wonder if you'll ever see the sun
You close your eyes and wonder if is just imagination (girl)
But all the while you hear a creature creepin' up behind
You're out of time
'Cause this is thriller, thriller night
There ain't no second chance against the thing with forty eyes, girl
Thriller, (ooh) thriller night
You're fighting for your life inside a killer thriller tonight
Night creatures call and the dead start to walk in their masquerade
There's no escaping the jaws of the alien this time
They're wide open
This is the end of your life, ooh
They're out to get you there's demons closing in on every side (Ooh)
They will possess you unless you change that number on your dial
Now is the time for you and I to cuddle close together, yeah
All through the night I'll save you from the terror of the screen
I'll make you see
That this is thriller, thriller night
'Cause I can thrill you more than any ghoul would ever dare try
Thriller, ooh thriller night
So let me hold you tight and share a killer, thriller, chiller (Ow)
Vincent Price and Michael Jackson
(I'm gonna thrill you tonight)
Darkness falls across the land
The midnight hour is close at hand
Creatures crawl in search blood
To terrorize y'alls neighborhood
(I'm gonna thrill you tonight)
And whosoever shall be found
Without the soul of getting down
Must stand and face the hounds of hell
And rot inside a corpse's shell
(I'm gonna thrill you tonight)
Thriller ooh, darling, oh baby
I'm gonna thrill you tonight(Thriller)
Ooh babe, thriller night
I'm gonna thrill you tonight(Thriller)
Oh darling, Oh babe
Thriller night babe(Thriller night babe)
Ooh
The foulest stench is in the air
The funk of forty thousand years
(Thriller night, thriller)
And grisly ghouls from every tomb
Are closing in to seal your doom
And though you fight to stay alive
Your body starts to shiver
(I'm gonna thrill you tonight)
For no mere mortal can resist
The evil of the thriller
Writer: Rod Temperton
©Epic Records 1982